Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-02-11

rending, as many of his numerous friends
had come in, and their grief over the
death of one so well beloved by all who
knew him was very deep. Mr.. Sturte-
want entered the employ of the road on
his return from the war, and had been
there continuously since, first taking
place as brakeman on a freight train,
then conductor, and for the last ten years
at least had been passenger conductor.
He had gained the esteem of all who
came into contact with him. He leaves
a widow and seven children. The funeral
was held at st. Adams on Tuesday.
CLEARING UP THE WRECK.
The work of removing the charred
corpses from the runs was not begun
until about 3 80 o'clock Saturday after
noon, upon the arrival of Gov. Samuel f.
Pingree and the members of the Vermont
railroad commission. Upon the receipt
of the news of the disaster at st. Adams,
a special train was made up to go to the
scene of the accident. Upon this special
were Gov. Pingree, ex-Gov. John Gre
CORY Smith, president of the Central
Vermont road; T.. C. Smith, second vice
president; John w. Hobart, general
manager; James w. Foss, general super
intendent, and Railroad Commissioner
Fletcher. The officials made a careful
examination of what remained of the
bridge and collected some testimony re-
garding it's stability. The official inspec-
tors next visited the blackened wreck
upon the ice. Picking their way careful
ly among the debris of the Pilgrim, they
discovered the remains of no less than
six bodies which they could pick out,
sometimes by their distinct resemblance
to the human form, and sometimes by
seeing fragments of thigh bones, ribs
and heads. Undertaken johnson of Hart
ford accompanied the party. He and his
men picked out the remains as fast as
possible and put each body separately in
a box. These charred bodies were so
thoroughly burned that it was impossible
to even tell their gender in most instan-
ces some made scarcely handful. They
picked up these six bodies, or rather
what remained of them, and went to the
next burned car, the Pullman st. Adams,
which came from Springfield. In this
car they could only make out three bodies.
Undoubtedly they were thrown out.
They were reduced to such a state that
they could scarcely be discerned from
the rest of the debris. The fourth car
from the rear, or the last remaining one,
was the next visited Here was present.
ed the most horrifying sight of all. No
less than II bundles of burned flesh,
charred out of all human shape, were
found. In the rear end of what had been
the car, six bodies were found, all
punched together. These passengers had
either huddled around the stove to keep
warm, as the night was very cold, or
they had tried to make their escape from
the rear door aad could not get out.
There they had died like rats in trap.
1t is possible, however, that all had been
killed outright, and so did not suffer the
agonies of death by fire. In the middle
of the car two more burned bodies were
fonnd, and in the forward end four
more. The search of the wreck was
kept up through Sunday, Monday and
Tuesday, but without material results
except the finding of numbers of trink-
cts, jjewelry, coins, ETC., which may lead
to further identifications.
CARING FOR THE INJURED.
The special train with officers of the
road that went to the scene of the wreck
from st. Adams, Saturday morning, took
along all the physicians on the line of
the road and others from Burlington;
and everything possible was done for the
relief of the injured, who were taken to
the hotels and farmhOuses in the vicinity
Those that could be sent home were for
warded on special trains.
THE DEAD.
The dead bodies of the following have
been identified: Fred Blair, Warren.
Mass, "A boy; - Boulanger, Holyoke,
Mass, boy of IA; Edward Brockle-
bank, West Lebanon, n. H., brakeman;
M. r. Burgess, Boston, sleeping-car con-
ductor; Mrs. William Devine, Winooski.
VT; Edward F. Dillon, Springfield. VT,
Dartmouth college student; Nancy Dun
bar, Somerville, Mass; +. Flynn, Wor-
cester, Mass; A. j. Hammer, St. Adams.
porter of Pullman Pilgrim; j. A. Jones,
st. Adams, porter of Pullman St. Al
bans; George j. LABEL, Bellows Falls,
Vt; Dieudonne Maigret, Shawenegan p.
O.; Cephas Mills, Iroquis, Ont; Smith
c. Sturtevant, st. Adams, Vt. conductor.
died Sunday afternoon; S. S. Wescott,
Burlington, VT. - Wescott, son of the
above, 10 years old; Frank l.. Wesson,
Springfield, Mass; Edgar Wilder. Day
ton, o.; ID. ID. Woodward, Waterbury,
VT.